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President Obama says race infects U.S. criminal justice system

These days, all Narene Stokes wants to do is clear her son’s name and gain some closure.

Bill Clinton accepts blame for excessive prison sentences

Activist’s supporters say Janice Green’s conviction politically motivated – #JusticeOrElse

President Obama recently did something that no other sitting president in history has done; he visited a federal prison

Symbols are important to Black America

Closing education gap would boost U.S. economy

Workers say managers called them “circus monkeys,” “the n-word,” “ghetto,” “Darfur.” The managers also allegedly referred to segregated break areas as the “Black Panther break room” and “chocolate break room.”

Civil rights lawyer seeks to commemorate another side of Southern heritage: Lynchings

NAACP President supports President Obama’s call for prison reform